ROBLES, SOTO COMPLETE JOURNEY FROM SANTO DOMINGO TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
May 07, 2019
3 minutes
— Lacy Lusk
Born 17 months apart, Nationals outfielders Victor Robles and Juan Soto were never teammates or rivals as they grew up in Santo Domingo, the political capital and baseball capital of the Dominican Republic. But they knew about each other, which is no surprise considering the passion their home nation has for baseball.
“I feel like I’ve had a love for the game ever since I was in my mother’s womb,” Robles said through a translator.
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